Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 254 286 300
Rank change year-on-year +32 +14 -101
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 520 562 511
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.89% 0.98% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 1.10% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 239 282 361
10th Percentile £41,075 £42,608 £44,560
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,554 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -2.24%
75th Percentile £88,125 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £119,000 £96,250 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £64,108 £66,375
% change year-on-year -2.51% -3.42% +10.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,781 51,056 45,908
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.30% 89.04% 93.74%
Number of salaries quoted 28,561 26,014 35,209
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,074
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.93%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,924 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.05% +4.76% -2.51%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 16 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +51 465 £70,000 +3.70% 487
London +79 250 £80,000 +1.59% 76
UK excluding London -25 218 £62,500 -2.51% 476
Work from Home +26 164 £71,000 +9.23% 267
South East -2 72 £62,500 -3.85% 131
North of England +9 51 £75,000 +11.11% 92
Midlands -23 41 £62,250 -2.35% 90
West Midlands -2 27 £57,468 -11.59% 49
Yorkshire +8 26 £82,500 +26.92% 37
North West +2 24 £68,750 -1.79% 47
East of England +33 22 £72,000 -0.69% 65
South West -8 16 £62,500 +16.28% 54
Northern Ireland +5 12 £75,000 +26.20% 5
East Midlands -25 12 £80,000 +33.33% 36
Wales 0 4 £53,750 -16.16% 13
Scotland -5 3 £42,000 -29.33% 32
North East -6 1 - - 8

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 17 (3.27%) Confluence
2 6 (1.15%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.38%) CICS
3 2 (0.38%) CMS
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.38%) MTS
Applications
1 13 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.77%) Trello
6 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 17 (3.27%) Payment Gateway
2 10 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.96%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.77%) Shopify
5 1 (0.19%) Magento
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 77 (14.81%) SaaS
2 67 (12.88%) Azure
3 51 (9.81%) AWS
4 32 (6.15%) GCP
5 22 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (4.04%) PaaS
7 18 (3.46%) Power Platform
8 15 (2.88%) Vertex AI
9 14 (2.69%) GitHub
10 13 (2.50%) H2O.ai
10 13 (2.50%) OpenShift
11 12 (2.31%) Azure AI
12 8 (1.54%) GitHub Copilot
13 5 (0.96%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (0.77%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
15 3 (0.58%) Collibra
15 3 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
15 3 (0.58%) Google Analytics
15 3 (0.58%) Microsoft 365
16 2 (0.38%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.54%) Broadband
1 8 (1.54%) HTTP
1 8 (1.54%) SD-WAN
1 8 (1.54%) WAN
2 7 (1.35%) LAN
3 6 (1.15%) 5G
3 6 (1.15%) RTP
3 6 (1.15%) Wireless
4 5 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (0.77%) Ethernet
5 4 (0.77%) PSTN
6 2 (0.38%) ATM
6 2 (0.38%) GPRS
6 2 (0.38%) LTE
6 2 (0.38%) Modbus
6 2 (0.38%) SAN
7 1 (0.19%) 4G
7 1 (0.19%) Intranet
7 1 (0.19%) Network Security
7 1 (0.19%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.85%) Metadata
2 16 (3.08%) Power BI
3 14 (2.69%) Data Lake
3 14 (2.69%) Relational Database
4 10 (1.92%) NoSQL
5 8 (1.54%) RDBMS
6 7 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.15%) Data Mining
7 6 (1.15%) SAP BW
7 6 (1.15%) SQL Server
8 5 (0.96%) Tableau
9 4 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.58%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.38%) DB2
12 1 (0.19%) Big Data
12 1 (0.19%) Data Vault
12 1 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 34 (6.54%) JIRA
2 5 (0.96%) TeamCity
3 4 (0.77%) ERwin
4 3 (0.58%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.19%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.19%) Jaeger
General
1 206 (39.62%) Social Skills
2 181 (34.81%) Finance
3 114 (21.92%) Marketing
4 105 (20.19%) Analytical Skills
5 52 (10.00%) Legal
6 47 (9.04%) Law
7 43 (8.27%) Banking
8 35 (6.73%) Retail
9 32 (6.15%) Financial Institution
10 31 (5.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 31 (5.96%) Manufacturing
11 26 (5.00%) Public Sector
12 25 (4.81%) Electronics
13 21 (4.04%) Influencing Skills
13 21 (4.04%) Presentation Skills
14 20 (3.85%) Telecoms
15 14 (2.69%) Digital Economy
15 14 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
16 13 (2.50%) Billing
17 11 (2.12%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 149 (28.65%) Product Manager
2 66 (12.69%) Lead
3 64 (12.31%) Senior
4 29 (5.58%) Senior Manager
5 25 (4.81%) Product Owner
6 21 (4.04%) Senior Product Manager
7 20 (3.85%) Product Lead
8 19 (3.65%) Product Management Director
9 18 (3.46%) Security Engineer
10 16 (3.08%) Architect
11 15 (2.88%) Developer
11 15 (2.88%) Digital Product Manager
12 14 (2.69%) Change Manager
12 14 (2.69%) Technical Support
13 13 (2.50%) Product Delivery Manager
14 11 (2.12%) Head of Product Management
15 9 (1.73%) Development Manager
15 9 (1.73%) Head of Digital
15 9 (1.73%) Python Developer
16 8 (1.54%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.85%) REST
2 17 (3.27%) YAML
3 13 (2.50%) Keras
3 13 (2.50%) PyTorch
3 13 (2.50%) TensorFlow
4 8 (1.54%) Flask
5 7 (1.35%) .NET
5 7 (1.35%) EDI
5 7 (1.35%) FastAPI
6 6 (1.15%) Node.js
7 5 (0.96%) React
8 4 (0.77%) JSON
8 4 (0.77%) OAuth
8 4 (0.77%) SAML
8 4 (0.77%) SOAP
8 4 (0.77%) XML
9 3 (0.58%) AngularJS
9 3 (0.58%) Vue
10 2 (0.38%) PySpark
10 2 (0.38%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 81 (15.58%) Product Ownership
2 54 (10.38%) Onboarding
3 35 (6.73%) Self-Motivation
4 31 (5.96%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.46%) Data Centre
6 17 (3.27%) Security Posture
7 15 (2.88%) AI Agents
8 11 (2.12%) Driving Licence
9 10 (1.92%) Cloud Native
10 9 (1.73%) IoT
10 9 (1.73%) Public Cloud
10 9 (1.73%) Social Media
11 8 (1.54%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.35%) Algorithms
12 7 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.35%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 7 (1.35%) Tandem
12 7 (1.35%) Virtual Team
13 6 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
14 4 (0.77%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.15%) Windows
2 4 (0.77%) Linux
3 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (0.38%) zOS
4 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (46.73%) Roadmaps
2 207 (39.81%) Agile
3 126 (24.23%) Problem-Solving
4 122 (23.46%) Product Roadmap
5 117 (22.50%) Product Strategy
6 103 (19.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 87 (16.73%) Stakeholder Management
8 86 (16.54%) User Experience
9 85 (16.35%) AI
10 81 (15.58%) Analytics
11 71 (13.65%) Computer Science
12 67 (12.88%) B2B
12 67 (12.88%) Information Security
13 65 (12.50%) Mentoring
14 62 (11.92%) Decision-Making
15 61 (11.73%) Product Vision
16 58 (11.15%) Coaching
17 57 (10.96%) User Stories
17 57 (10.96%) Value Proposition
18 54 (10.38%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 41 (7.88%) SQL
2 34 (6.54%) Python
3 20 (3.85%) Java
4 17 (3.27%) PowerShell
5 6 (1.15%) C#
6 5 (0.96%) Go
7 3 (0.58%) C++
8 2 (0.38%) Bash
8 2 (0.38%) COBOL
8 2 (0.38%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.38%) JCL
8 2 (0.38%) PHP
8 2 (0.38%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.38%) Scala
8 2 (0.38%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.19%) Groovy
9 1 (0.19%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.19%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.19%) R
9 1 (0.19%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 125 (24.04%) Degree
2 58 (11.15%) Computer Science Degree
3 52 (10.00%) Master's Degree
4 32 (6.15%) Security Cleared
5 20 (3.85%) SC Cleared
6 9 (1.73%) MBA
7 8 (1.54%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.54%) PMP
8 7 (1.35%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.96%) CISSP
9 5 (0.96%) CSPO
10 4 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.77%) CISM
10 4 (0.77%) SAP Certification
11 3 (0.58%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.58%) CITP
11 3 (0.58%) HNC
11 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.38%) Dell Certification
12 2 (0.38%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (6.15%) QA
2 27 (5.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (4.23%) NIST
4 20 (3.85%) Data Quality
5 18 (3.46%) NCSC
6 15 (2.88%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.15%) ISO 20022
8 5 (0.96%) IFRS
8 5 (0.96%) PMO
8 5 (0.96%) SLA
9 4 (0.77%) GDPR
9 4 (0.77%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.77%) SEPA
10 3 (0.58%) ISO 8583
10 3 (0.58%) PSD2
11 2 (0.38%) COREP
11 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.38%) FINREP
12 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.19%) NIST 800
System Software
1 11 (2.12%) Docker
2 5 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (0.96%) vSphere
3 3 (0.58%) Firmware
4 2 (0.38%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.38%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.38%) RACF
4 2 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (2.12%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.92%) Terraform
3 4 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 2 (0.38%) WSUS
5 1 (0.19%) Ansible
5 1 (0.19%) Argo
5 1 (0.19%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.19%) Kustomize
5 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.19%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 59 (11.35%) Microsoft
2 34 (6.54%) Google
3 20 (3.85%) Salesforce
4 18 (3.46%) Databricks
4 18 (3.46%) Foundry
5 15 (2.88%) Dell
6 14 (2.69%) SAP
7 13 (2.50%) NVIDIA
8 6 (1.15%) Zoho
9 5 (0.96%) Adobe
9 5 (0.96%) Manugistics
9 5 (0.96%) VMware
10 4 (0.77%) Sage
11 3 (0.58%) Apple
11 3 (0.58%) Cisco
11 3 (0.58%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (0.58%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.58%) Oracle
11 3 (0.58%) Tenable
11 3 (0.58%) YouTube